WOMAN'S WORLD

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24826, 24 February 1944, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD

AMBULANCE BRIGADE • WORK OF SEWING GUILD A year of very active work was reviewed by Mrs. G. S. Cammell, convener of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Sewing Guild, in her 28th annual report. Although the number of articles made was less than the previous year, owing to less material being available, a total of 32,661 articles had been made, including slings, bandages, dressings, cushions, handkerchiefs and miscellaneous articles. Goods'were sent to tho auxiliary hospitals, soldiers babies' clinic, residential nursery and voluntary aid rooms. Gifts of cushions wore ma'de to the Second , N ./>■&■* ■ Club roams and the American naval '"sh'kh the war began Mrs. Cammell reported that a total of lou.lot articles bnd boon inuuo by til© guiluj a large number of which had been sent to the bombed areas overseas. : HOUSEWIVES MEET i A decision to communicate with the ! Price Fixation Tribunal asking for an | assurance thai the price of unratified ! meats and poultry should be fixed at their present level and not be allowed to rise higher in price, was reached by I,hi.' xNew Zealand Housewives' Association at the first: meeting of the year. The president-, Mrs. M. L. .Manktelow, 1)1 A "talk on the work of the merchant service was given by Captain A. S. Daltrieish of tho .Merchant Service Guild. Mrs Betir, a visitor from the Melbourne Housewives' Association, also spoke. SOCIAL NEWS Miss Kathleen Daintree, examiner for the Royal Academy of Dancing, London, has arrived in Ise'w Zealand and is at the Royal Hotel. Mrs. It. Grey Porter, Mount Eden, will leave Auckland to reside iri Canberra during the remainder o_f_ her son's training at tho Royal Military College, Duntroon. ENGAGEMENTS Barry—MoMurray.—The engagement' is announced between Arthur, only son of Mrs. J Barry and the lite Mr. J. Barry, Connecticut IJ.S.A., and Nancy, third daughter of Mrs.' E. Mr Murray and the late Mr. A. Mci Murray, Cornwall Read, Papatootoe. Martin—Hammer,—Mr. and Mrs. A E. Hammer announce the engagement of their j vounger daughter; Mo.vra, to (jlenn A. MarI (in Chief Warrant Officer U.S. Army only | son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Martin, I Washington, IJ.S.A. I Nicholas Gatfleld.—Mr. and Mrs. B. Gat- , field, New Lynn, announce the engagement of | their grand-daughter, Lila Mavis, to trie Xnrman, eldest, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvej Nicholas, of Tauranga O'Connor-Roche. —The engagement- is an- . nounced between Martin Joseph, younewt son of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. J. 0 Connor, Mount Eden, Auckland and Helena Map. only daughter of Mrs. M. A. Roche. Matatnnin and the late Mr. ,Tas. Roche. . Shoeb ridge—Wilson.—The engagement is announced between Edward Henry Shoe- ' bridge, K.N.Z.A.F., only son of Mr. and Mrs. Shot-bridge. Manunui. King Country, and Fannv Kileen, Youngest daughter of ajw, and " the late Mr 'H. Wilson, Bealey Avenue, i Chriskhurch. , Visnosky—Miller.—The engagement is ; announced between John Joseph Visnosky. United States Armv, second son of Mr. and " Mrs J. J. Visnosky. Kansas, U.S.A.. and ' Kathleen Betty, elder daughter of Mr. and 1 Mrs. G. F. S. Miller, of Station Road, Paeroa. _____